The general muzzleloading deer hunting season is open statewide from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day beginning on December first through January first. Unlimited licenses may be issued for unit MZD-LM1 and no more than one thousand five hundred licenses may be issued for unit MZD-ST1.

Source: 18 SDR 33, effective August 19, 1991; 24 SDR 16, effective August 13, 1997; 27 SDR 111, effective May 8, 2001; 28 SDR 166, effective June 4, 2002; 31 SDR 191, effective June 7, 2005; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006; 37 SDR 215, effective May 31, 2011; 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013 ; 43 SDR 9, effective August 1, 2016 ; 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018 ; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020 ; 47 SDR 137, effective June 29, 2021; 51 SDR 140, effective June 30, 2025 .

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18 (1)(2).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18 (1)(2).

Prior versions effective: 2021-06-29, 2020-04-29, 2018-06-25, 2016-08-01, 2013-07-29.